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The Seventh Annual State of Entrepreneurship Address

2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address

Kauffman Foundation President and CEO, Wendy Guillies

Wendy Guillies presented the 2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address highlighting an actionable policy agenda for renewing economic growth. “America’s New Entrepreneurial Growth Agenda” offers recommendations culled from some of the nation’s foremost thinkers on how to foster dynamism, entrepreneurship, and economic opportunity.

Featured Guest Speaker

U.S. Representative Steve ChabotChairman of the House Small Business Committee